Search Results: Titles starting with F from finecopy ltd

J and R Tonson and J Watts, London 1737 & J and P Knapton and T Cox, London 1738. later edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 2 volumes: Volume 1, Fifth Edition 1737 & Volume 2, First edition 1738. Very attractive uniform period mottled calf, slightly bumped to corners, raised bands, tooled in gilt. Both volumes with numerous engraved plates after H. Gravelot, W. Kent, J. Wootton, et al, Volume 2 with engraved frontispiece and title vignette. Volume 1 with 50 illustrations and title vignette (but no frontis as published). A very clean, complete and bright set. 8voProvenance - armorial bookplate of George Wm Gent.

London, Printed for D. Brown, R. Sare, etc. 1724 7th. Edition, corrected. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 7th edition corrected. 1724. Engraved frontis. contemporary full panelled calf, re-backed in calf with morocco title label, very neat repaired closed tear to verso of frontis, light age soiling throughout, generally tight and crisp. 8vo (20cms), [xii] 29 pp [xi] 550pp [2] ads. A complete copy with the mispaginations as issued.

Bologna, Giovanni Battista Ferroni, 1664.. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition, Bologna 1664, title with woodcut device, woodcut diagrams, initials, head- and tail-pieces, 4 folding engraved plates 2ff. errata at end, title with small paper overslip changing "Del Molto" to "Il Molto", occasional marginal water staining, small tear in pastedown with loss, occasional very neat repairs and restorations to extreme margins and corners (typically 5mm), later limp vellum, [Riccardi i, 271; Tomash & Williams C32], 4to, Bologna, Giovanni Battista Ferroni, 1664.Provenance: Grigorius Vivvarellus (early ink signature to title), and Erwin Tomash bookplate - (founder of the eponymous Library and bibliographer of Computer Science works)

W. H. Allen, London, England, 1981. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First UK trade edition, 1981. Flat signed to title with full name. Mint textblock toning as usual, else a mint and unread copy. In a protective acetate. Signed by Author

W. H. Allen & Co, London, England, 1981. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First UK Edition. First impression A Fine copy in original cloth-covered boards, mild uniform toning as usual, in a Fine Jacket, in protective acetate. No inscriptions. Not clipped.

Frederick Warne London, 1955. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. A Fine copy in a Fine Jacket no.23/100 numbered copies published by Warne 1955. Original green cloth boards, small gilt and tan Jacket. A little offset from the Jacket to end blanks, a tiny closed tear (7mm) to head of upper panel else like new.

Macdonald and Jane's, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. No. 7 of only 25 Signed by both authors and Deluxe binding in very attractive full roan marbled endpapers and gilt edges. An elusive work in the Deluxe edition. Signed by Author

London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1741. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition 1741 Colllates complete xiv, (ii), 123, (iii) Index; (ii), 324 Contemporary full calf rubbed with small leather loss to foot of spine. Good solid and clean copy. Cagle, 673 Bitting, p.550

Taschen 2011. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. A Fine loose leaf collection of 51 Fine Art prints, booklet and box. The box has a few light marks or small scuffs but the prints are mint.

Hollinwood, Lancashire: Ferranti, Ltd. 1951.. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/No Jacket. The first book ever about a computer game. "Faster Than Thought: The Ferranti Nimrod Digital Computer." 8vo booklet, publisher's printed card covers, bound with staples, Hollinwood, Lancashire: Ferranti, Ltd. 1951. A FINE copy has tremendous interest to the Computing / AI history. Ferranti built a computer specifically yo play their game "Nim" at the 1951 Festival of Britain. The public were given access to play and included Alan Turing. "Alan spent August 1951 at Cambridge as usual, and from there a party went down on the train to London for the Festival of Britain. They went to the Science Museum in South Kensington where the science and technology exhibits were housed. They came across the NIMROD, which Ferranti were exhibiting. The Ferranti people were pleased to see Alan and said, 'Oh Dr Turing, would you like to play the machine?' which of course he did, and knowing the rule himself, he managed to win. The… Read More

Gies and Co., 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Fight - Finish, Story Without Words, c.80 miniature photographic images of boxing fight, original wrappers, [40 by 55mm], Gies and Co., 1897, together with another of the same lacking the wrappers and 3 endpapers (photographs complete) together with a third flip book containing bosxing diagrams one direction and a dancing girl the other. Umbdenstock Co Chicago undated. All Very Good.

Faber and Faber London, 1996. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Impression 1996 Signed by the author on title. Fine copy in a Fine Jacket, not clipped. In a protective removable acetate. Signed by Author

White Cube 2016. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First edition Signed by Antony Gormley to half title. White Cube publication to accompany the eponymous exhibition. Folio 28 x 31 cms. Mint Signed by Author

H. Karnac (Books) Ltd, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. First edition thus. No. 143 of 150 signed numbered copies. Fine in the original black and red cloth with the original Mylar jacket with a small chip and tiny tear. Signed by Author

H. Karnac (Books) Ltd, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition 1971. Fine copy in a Fine Jacket (tiny bump to top fore-edge corner - see photo). Not clipped no ownership marks. Excellent collector's copy. In a removable acetate.

Sophistocles Press and T Werner Laurie Ltd, London UK, 1929. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Fleurs du Mal in Pattern and Prose, limited edition 423 of 500 signed and numbered by Egan, colour frontispiece, illustrations (many full-page) by Egan and C. Bower Alcock, original paper-covered boards, some small paper loss to extremities, The Sophistocles Press, 1929 Signed by Author

Coimbra, Antonio Simoens Ferreyra,1737.. later edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. Second Edition 1737. Full title "Flores de Espana excelencias de Portugal, en que brevemente se trata lo mejor de sus historias" 2 parts in 1, general title printed in red and black, both titles with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, obliterated early ink ownership inscriptions and a modern ink stamp to general title, and to front free endpaper, very tidy expert marginal repairs to lower margins of a circa 20 leaves, generally a very clean and bright copy. 19th century gilt and blind-stamped polished calf, rebacked, preserving part of original backstrip, light wear to corners. [Azevedo-Samodães 3263; Innocêncio I, 276 & 277; Palha 2778; Pinto de Mattos 539], small folio 305 mm Title; [x] 300pp 78pp (incl title), Coimbra, Antonio Simoens Ferreyra, 1737.

The Janus Press, West Burke, VT 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. No. 101/150 SIGNED by the author. Some staining to upper cover else a Fine copy with the two lithographs in Fine condition Signed by Author

Prospero Poets, Alton, 1995. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First edition thus. No. 60 of 60 deluxe copies with a signed broadside and the complete poem (from a total edition of 499). Fine in the slipcase. Beautifully illustrated and printed book signed by author and artist - as is the broadside. Signed by Author

Macmillan New York 1960. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. First USA Edition, First Impression 1960, Original cloth in superb Fine condition. Dust-jacket nicked and chipped at spine ends else a Fine bright example. No ownership markings. Not clipped. In a protective acetate.